River North Dance Chicago

Company

Jessica Wolfrum

Buffalo, New York

Ahmad Simmons

Fort Worth, Texas

Olivia Rehrman

Dallas, Texas

Hayley Meier

Rochester, New York

John Litzler

Cincinnati, Ohio

Gretchen LaWall

Cary, North Carolina

Ethan R. Kirschbaum

Oakland, California

Lauren Kias

Greenwood, Indiana

Hank Hunter

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Drew Fountain

Monument, Colorado

Levizadik Buckins

New Haven, Connecticut

Hanna Bricston

Elgin, Illinois

Artistic Staff & Leadership

Frank Chaves
Originally from Havana by way of Miami, Chaves joined River North Dance Chicago in 1993 as Associate Director, and became Co-Artistic Director with Sherry Zunker in 1994. In May 2001, Chaves assumed sole Artistic Directorship of RNDC. Since then, he has created over 20 critically-acclaimed works in the Company's repertoire.
Gail Kalver
Gail Kalver is an arts manager with over 40 years experience, whose client roster has included the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, Dance Affiliates of Philadelphia, The Grant Park Music Festival, and the Chicago Dancing Festival. Kalver serves on the boards of Audience Architects and Dance for Life. Previously, she served as Executive Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago for 23 years.
Patrick Simoniello
Patrick is a former Company Member with The Joffrey Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Patrick is also a Massage Therapist with both AthletiCo and as well as his own business, Session Massage Therapy. Patrick joins River North Dance Chicago this season as Ballet Master.
Sara Bibik
A founding member of River North Dance Chicago, Sara spent 10 years performing with the Company. In addition to serving RNDC by teaching and rehearsing the company, Sara is passionate about training future generations of dancers as the Workshop Coordinator.

Officers

Karen Hale
President
Timothy Sherck
Treasurer
Alison Baldwin
Secretary
Marcus Boggs
Vice President, Development
Suzanne Lynch
Vice President, Education + Outreach
Austin Waldron
Vice President, Governance
Phil Lumpkin
Immediate Past President
Barry Kaplan
Member-at-Large

Directors

Pamela Atkinson
Frank Chaves
Jordan Goodman
Jeff Grinspoon
James M. Hurley
Michael LoVallo
Charles MacKelvie
Gary Metzner
Bernadette Rasmussen
Mark Reeves
Lauren Robishaw
Joe Seigle
Rhonda Thomas
Mark Zozulia

Advisory Board

Mary Borden
Sara Colleran
Pam Crutchfield
Mark Dow*
Terri Geifman
Scott Hughes
Karen Frankel Jones*
Julie Burman Kaplan*
Ronna Kaye*
Geoffrey Richards
Joy Segal
Scott Silberstein
Roopa Weber
Eugene Zeffren
Tita Zeffren
Karla Zozulia
Sherry Zunker
Co-Artistic Director Emerita

*Founding Directors

Staff

Gail Kalver
Executive Director
Alexis Jaworski
Director of Marketing
Paula Petrini Lynch
Development Manager
Christopher W. Frerichs
Grant Writer
Alison Rootberg
Education Manager
Liz Meenan
Wardrobe Supervisor
Claire Bataille
Ballet Mistress
Laura Wade
Ballet Mistress